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Russian health officials say one in 50 people in the country's fourth-largest city is carrying the HIV virus as Russia struggles to deal with a rapidly rising number of infections.

The World Health Organization's battle to eradicate Guinea worm is being hampered by conflict and infections in dogs but cases have fallen to just 17 so far in 2016, the doctor leading the fight told Reuters on Wednesday.

When U.S. babies die during home births, the cause is most often labor and delivery complications, birth defects or infections, a recent study suggests.

Social media is an important source of news for many Americans, but the health stories that are most popular may also be the least accurate, suggests a study of Facebook posts about Zika virus.

Patients going for surgery should bathe or shower beforehand but their surgical site should not be shaved, and antibiotics should be used to prevent infections before and during surgery, but not afterwards, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.

A simple Pap smear may one day offer a way to screen for birth defects a little earlier in pregnancy than today's prenatal tests.

Doctors have found a disturbing downside to some powerful new drugs that harness the immune system to fight cancer: In rare cases, they may cause potentially fatal heart damage, especially when used together.

In 2016 almost 300,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Treatments for women vary from case to case, but Dr. Vincent Ansanelli, a surgeon in Long Island, New York offers an option many may not know about, laser breast cancer surgery

From feeling down to just being stressed.

Aside from protecting your pearly whites, here's more motivation to squeeze in that twice-a-year teeth cleaning: It could keep you from getting sick.

Improving mothers' nutrition before and during pregnancy is pivotal to reducing child stunting in developing countries, researchers said on Tuesday, as a new study showed poor child growth often starts in the womb.

A 54-year-old man whose face was ravaged by a tumor has been given the first-ever face prosthesis created with 3D printing technology.

For patients with advanced cancer, palliative care should start early and be an integral part of treatment, not just something added on near the end of life, according to a new practice guideline from the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

On Oct. 27, doctors at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital informed 4-year-old Jessica Whelan’s parents that she would only have weeks left to live.

A man who drank four to five energy drinks per day for three weeks developed acute hepatitis due to excess vitamin B3 consumption, researchers detailed in a study published Tuesday in BMJ Case Reports.

Traditional treadmill tests used to estimate heart disease risk might not provide accurate results for women, a recent study suggests.

Q&A with Dr. Manny: My husband told me that he read something about onions being a superfood. Is that true?

Shelby Slagle sauntered into UPMC Presbyterian hospital and heartily greeted the security guard perched behind the revolving doors: “Hi, I’m Shelby, and I’m here for my new heart.”

For the first time, scientists have identified areas of DNA—specifically, 12—associated with reproductive habits, in this case the age when men and women have their first kid and how many kids they have.

Maria Kang first made headlines in 2013, when she posted a photo of herself on Facebook looking super fit next to her three young children under the phrase “What’s your excuse?”